I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

Beautiful girls, are a bit like been there, done that. Once you have had one, the mystery is gone.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

If you think you know what I'm doing wrong well you're gonna have to get in line.

At the moment there are 1 in 8 people who have no access to clear drinking water, about a billion people worldwide, which can make you feel quite overwhelmed.

All the hills and vales along Earth is bursting into song, And the singers are the chaps Who are going to die perhaps.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.

What appears to be a curse can be a blessing if we simply appreciate the inner essence of the possibility of how to connect to God in that situation.

There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.

Each of us is a small part of God's plan. I'm a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.